February 16

I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. — Gal 1:12 BSB

When I speak of a revelation of Christ, I don’t mean something visionary. Dreams, voices, appearances in the air, or sights and sounds are things I leave to others. While God may have used such means in specific cases, like Augustine or Colonel Gardiner, these are exceptions. For most of God’s people, the revelation of Christ is an internal, spiritual discovery by the Holy Spirit, revealing Christ to the eyes of faith. There’s nothing to be seen or heard by our physical senses, yet His glorious Person is as real to the soul as if seen with the eyes and heard with the ears.

This revelation is entirely of grace, completely heavenly, and divine. Therefore, human nature, reason, and sense have no place here. It’s a gracious bringing into the heart the power, presence, grace, and glory of Christ—a reality that can be felt but never fully described. Through the Spirit’s work of taking the things of Christ and showing them to the soul, Christ is made known to the heart. His invitation, “Look to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth,” becomes a living reality.